Device for walking upon the surface of the water.



M. JELALIAN.

DEVICE FOR WALKING UPON THE SURFACEIOF THE WATER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. I3. I917.

6%523 I Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

enable the latter to slidably walk through MARTiN JnLALIAn, or onnnsron, nrionn ISLAND.

DEVICE FOR WALKING UPON THE SURFACE GF III-IEv WATER.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pgmqgntefl Apr. 30, 191$,

Application filed November 13,. 191 Serial No. 201,805

To aZ'Z' whom it may concern? Be it known that. I, MARTIN 'JELALIAN, a

citizen .ofthe United States residing, at the city ofcranstonpin-the county of Provi dence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Walking Upon the easily permit a person to walk. upon the.

surface of the. water in a most safe and successful manner.

The device is. provided with, a gas balloon in order to asist in lifting or to give additional bouyancy to the operator and to the water. a

The invention. consists. of the special features of construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

Indescribing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part of this specification, in which:

Figure l is a front view of the improved. device, showing the parts of the same in their relative position.

Fig. 2'is a view of the rear of the device.

Fig. 3- 1s a side perspective new of one of the'foot support members.

Fig. l is a bottom perspective view of Fig. 3.

Fig; 5 is a detail view showing the joints of the foot support members sepa *ated.

Fig. 6+ shows the joints of Fig. 5 in their engaged position.

Referring to the drawings, numeul -1 designates a gas balloon having circumferhave their ends connected to the upper portion of a ring -6-. Ropes -9, 9 have their upper ends attached to the ring 6-e and the lower ends thereof suitably connected to the upper portion of the detachable abdominal. strap -'12-' secured The ring '6- is provided witha wire netting 7 and has a-layer ofcanvas -8 secured to the netting in order toserve as a plane or to react against the atmosphere; cylinders '-9", 9- are carried beneath the said plane and are provided wlth strap. connections -9 9 secured thereto. I

Saidplane is also designed to serve as a float for the operator in case the gas. bag should collapse. The utility of arranging the gas bag. is that the same will assist iii the lifting operation and also will keep: the operator in erect position.

part the operator a A pair of foot boards *16. 16 is detachably secured to the foot part of the 51. erator 10+ and each has an integral main foot strap 19- upon the top of the same and also a pair of air containers -17, 17 secured upon the bottoms there of by means of straps 1'7 17* inorder to give additional buoyancy to the operator .10 and to float upon the surface of the water.

Each foot strap l9, l9 also nro vided with attac ring strap connections I 19, l9- for atta hing to the lower leg parts of the operator or user -10- as shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3. a

A hand support 17 is adapted to support the operator and designed to keep the latter in perfectly erect position and said support has a rectangular shaped board -1S secured at its lower end, and the same has a pair of air containers orlateral buoyant members -l 3 19 secured upon the bottom thereof by means of straps l7"- and said buoyant members are adapted to float upon the surface of the wa- I ter in the manner shown iii-Fig.1.

hus it will be readily understood that the arrangement of the parts of the device as described will enable a person to slidably 'walk upon. the surface of the water in a perfectly safe and successful. m anner.

Thus having described my illvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: l. in a device of the character described,

a means for walking upon the surface of the water comprising a gas balloon having a main plane suspended tl'ierefroni, said plane consisting of a metallic ring provided with V Y nae i,

' a wire netting a layer cl canvas secured lo r the free ends thereof attached to the upper portion of an abdominal strap provided with strap connections for securing it to r the abdominal part ofthe operator.

' the Water comprising a 2. In a device of the character described, a means for Walking upon the surface of balloon carrying a main fiat circular plane suspended therefrom, and said plane consisting of ametallic ring provided with a Wire netting and a layer of canvas secured thereto; rope connections extending from said gas balloon and the free ends thereof connected to the perforations formed at the upper end of said ring, and also rope connections extending from the lower end ofthe latter and connected to'an abdominal support carried by the operator, a pair of foot board members one of the same having a flat sided out-- Wardly projecting portion. adapted to have slidin movement within the other, and each of; said board members provided With an integral foot strap upon the top ofthe same and llaviiw' strap connections For securing said board members to the lower leg parts of the operator, a pair of lateral buoyant cylinders carried beneath each of said foot board members and provided with strap connections for securing said cylinders upon the bottoms of the board members, and said cylinders adapted to float upon the surface of the Water.

3. In a device of the character described, a means for Walking upon the surface of the Water consisting oi? a. gas balloon and an abdominal strap, a pair of slidable loot board members secured to the foot part of the opcratorand each having air containers socured upon the bottoms of the same, a hand support for the operator designed to keep the latter in pericell erect por-iition, and said support having an integral rectangular shaped board at its lower end, a pair of buoyant cylinders carried beneath the same and provided with strap connections for securing the cylinders thereto.

In testimony 'whereot l atiix my signatin'c in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMns Knncman, RALPH ALTOIAN.

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